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Molecular mechanisms of resistance to antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Mar 2007
Yuan He-Jun, Lee William M
Abstract excerpt
Similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates via reverse transcription, in this case, within infected hepatocytes. Substantial advances have been achieved in the past ten years in developing and utilizing nucleoside/nucleotide analog drugs to inhibit HBV replication. Most are chain terminators that interfere with one or more steps in the replication cycle. Four of them...
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